Study
- 2012Internship with Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs in Berlin (www.tonk.ch)
- 2009 – 2013Photography, Bachelor of Design with honours, at the Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU), Utrecht
Residency
2019 Tohu Wa Bohu Residency - Extrapol, Nijmegen
2023 MakerSpace - Museum Beeld en Geluid, Hilversum
Grants, Awards & Nominations
- 2023Absent Statue, Stichting Stokroos
- 2021Development Grant for RGB-Birds, Mondriaan Fund
- 2021Winner K.F. Hein Stipendium
- 2021Fonds Kwadraat
- 2019Foam Talent
- 2017Development Grant for The Studio Sculptures, Mondriaan Fund
- 2017Gieskes-Strijbis Grant for Traces of the Familiar with Felix van Dam
- 2017Nominee Paul Huf Award
- 2016Bijdrage Publicaties / SET - PUT - RUN, Mondriaan Fund
- 2016Bijdrage Publicaties / SET - PUT - RUN, Stichting Stokroos
- 2015Werkbijdrage Jong Talent, Mondriaan Fund
- 2013Winner Steenbergen Stipendium
- 2013Winner HKU Scriptieprijs (Thesis Award)
- 2013Nominee Foam Unseen Dummy Award
- 2013Nominee HKU Award
- 2013Nominee Piet Bakker Prijs (with Mt.Figure)
Solo/Duo Exhibitions
- 2024Art Rotterdam, Duo Show with Satijn Panyigay, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- 2023Enter Art Fair, Duo presentation with Bart Lunenburg, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2022Paris Photo, Manufactured Manual, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Paris, France
- 2022Manufactured Manual, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2021Manufactured Manual, Centraal Museum, Utrecht The Netherlands
- 2021Ikat #6, Duo Show with Nazif Lopulissa, Museum Maluku, Den Haag, The Netherlands
- 2018The Studio Sculptures, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2017Srefidensi (film), Jaya Pelupessy & Sara Blokland, Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2017Traces of the Familiar, Jaya Pelupessy & Felix van Dam, FotoForum, Innsbruck, Austria
- 2016Srefidensi en de Vlag, Jaya Pelupessy & Sara Blokland, CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2016SET - PUT - RUN, Foam Cafe, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2016Traces of the Familiar, Jaya Pelupessy & Felix van Dam, Foam 3H, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Group Exhibitions
- 2024Absent Statue, Finding Oneself Outside, Nest, Den Haag, the Netherlands
- 2023Srefidensi in collaboration with Sara Blokland (film), Double Plus Good, NEST, Den Haag, the Netherlands
- 2023RGB-Birds, Soho House, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 2022RGB-Birds, Unbound, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 2022UNSEEN, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 2022Manufactured Manual | Unfair Amsterdam | Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 2021Foam 3h | 15 Years of Talent from the Collection, Foam Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 2021Re:Re:Re: , Academie Galerie, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- 20214X4, De Achtertuin, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2021Manufactured Manual, Art Rotterdam, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2021The Gallery of Honour of Dutch Photography, Het Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2020Explorations of Time and Space, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2019Flatten Image, Unseen Photo Festival, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2019Foam Talent, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, Frankfurt, Germany
- 2019Foam Talent, Beaconsfield Gallery Vauxhall, London, England
- 2019Friends on a different floor, Patty Morgan, KunstRAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2019Foam Talent, Red Hook Labs, Brooklyn, New York CIty, United States of America
- 2019Back to the Future, Hungarian House of Photography - Mai Manó House, Budapest, Hungary
- 2019Foam Talent 2019, Foam Next Door, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2018Back to the Future, C|O Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- 2018Unfair Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2018The Studio Sculptures, Art Rotterdam, Galerie Caroline O’Breen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2018Back to the Future, Foam Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2015UtrechtDownUnder, Onder Controle, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- 2014Felix & Foam, de Fotokopie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2016Prospects & Concepts, Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2015Mt. Figure #3 Pending, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2014Grip, 3deWal, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- 2013Little Big Press, book exhibition, Lishui, China
- 2013Unseen Photo Fair, book exhibition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2013Steenbergen Stipendium, Het Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- 2013Graduation Exhibition Utrecht School of the Arts, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Publications
- 2024Licht by Roman Kienjet, Athenaeum
- 2021Hall of Fame of Dutch Photography
- 2019Tohu Wa Bohu, Extrapol & Knust Press
- 2016SET - PUT -RUN, Fw: Books Best Photobooks 2016 (Volkskrant)
- 2013Another Observer, self-published photo book (sold out)
Press Publications
- 2024MetroplisM | Absent Statue
- 2022Volkskrant | Art Work of the Week - Manufactured Manual
- 2022Financieel Dagblad | Manufactured Manual
- 2022Muze | Manufactured Manual
- 2019Document Journal | End of Currency
- 2019Foam Magazine #52: Talent
- 2018The New York Times | Back to the Future
- 2017Kiekie Krant #18
- 2017Foam Magazine #47: Propaganda
- 2016Volkskrant | Aanbevolen fotoboeken
- 2016Unseen magazine
- 2016Wallpaper Mag
- 2015Unseen magazine
- 2015Mt. Figure #3: Pending
- 2015Volkskrant |Aanbevolen fotoboeken
- 2015Mister Motley |De Eindexamen Expositie van de HKU 2013
- 2013Eindwerk | Utrecht School of the Arts Graduation Catalogue
- 2013Uitzicht | Utrecht School of the Arts Photography Graduation Catalogue
- 2012Mt.Figure Issue#1: Illusion
Artist Talks, Lectures & Other
- 2020 -Current, Lecture, KABK, The Hague (NL)
- 2021 -Current, Boardmember FOTODOK, Utrecht (NL)
- 2023The Indecisive Moment, workshop and lecture at Camera Arts, Luzern (CH)
- 2022Plat(t)form 2022, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
- 2022The Indecisive Moment, Workshop at Ecal, Lausanne
- 2016-2020Lecture at Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht
- 2019Artist Talk, Red Hook Labs, Brooklyn, New York
- 2019A Plea for Failure, Workshop, Camberwell College of Arts London
- 2019A Plea for Failure, Workshop, Luca School of Arts Bruxells
- 2018Juxataposition, Nest, Den Haag, curator and mentor for exhibition with photography students of The American School of The Hague
- 2018Artist Talk, Masterclass BredaPhoto
- 2016Artist Talk, Foam Amsterdam
Collections
- The Centraal Museum Utrecht
- Het Nederlands Fotomuseum
- The Tropenmuseum
- Foam Amsterdam
- Steenbergen Collection
- Amsterdam UMC Collection
- Eneco Collection
- The HKU University of the Arts Collection
- Various private Collections
